Auryn, when you've got a lot of friends who aren't tech savvy beyond web pages and MSN, and you're in a different country, MySpace Facebook is a great tool.
MySpace and Facebook have also been like a gateway technology for a lot of people our age, too - especially once out of high school (and 'cos they only started up then). Once MySpace was ok, so was MSN, and chatting online became ok - then spending time online was cool, and finally, geeks are ok! Mind you, this could've all been because they were all growing out of being wanker high school teenagers; let's face it, a lot of them are...